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Brooks’ focus on etiquette is praise-worthy

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Tuesday February 12, 2013 5:11 AM

The Thursday Government Insider column “Brooks paying for her etiquette
lecture” included an odd gossip piece about Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks. In this day
and age, we need more people in politics like Brooks.

Instead of acting petulant and downright mean, the other county commissioners should learn from
her and make sure that the county has a current ethics code. What are they trying to hide or gloss
over? I applaud Brooks for trying to be more open and transparent, and I support her goals of
furthering this even more.

We can’t have too much honesty in the world of politics. It’s not etiquette, it’s ethics.